About

Everest Institute-Tigard

Everest Institute is a system of for-profit colleges in the United States. There are currently more than ninety campuses in the system. The various campuses offer career-training programs in business, health care, and technology. The school comprises a number of former schools, including the National Institute of Technology, Olympia Career Training Institute and Rochester Business Institute.

The system of schools is owned by Corinthian Colleges, Inc. The company has a high loan default rate: 19% of students were defaulting on their student loans two years after attending, and 58% of students were failing to make payments on their student loans three years after attending.

In 2012, Everest College in Hayward, California was issued a "Notice to Comply" by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education for multiple violations, including engaging in "prohibited business practices."